The book is divided into four parts: ‘characterization, hazard, release and exposure, and real-life case studies’. In order to ‘improve coherence throughout the book, various chapters review the same suite of well-characterized, judiciously chosen, and identical industrial nanomaterials’.

This book is considered to have been released at an opportune time: the authors state that, ‘although major knowledge gaps still exist, solid data are now available to identify scenarios of critical risk as well as those of safe nanomaterial use for our benefit’.